Victorian Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FINES REFORM AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 2022 (NO. 17 OF 2022) - SECT 92

After section 33 of the Sheriff Act 2009 insert —

        " 33A     How unsold property to be handled

    (1)     This section applies as follows—

        (a)     to the execution of a warrant or warrants under—

              (i)     section 74(a) or 111(3)(a) of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 ; or

              (ii)     the County Court Act 1958 ; or

              (iii)     the Supreme Court Act 1986 ; or

              (iv)     section 109(1)(b)(i) of the Fines Reform Act 2014 ;

        (b)     if personal property seized, taken or coming into the possession of the sheriff in the execution of a warrant or warrants under those Acts—

              (i)     is not to be sold; or

              (ii)     is offered for sale but is not bought; or

              (iii)     is bought, but is not collected by the buyer.

    (2)     The sheriff—

        (a)     must give the owner of the property (or the person from whom the property was seized if the owner is not known) a written notice—

              (i)     stating that the property is available for retrieval; and

              (ii)     providing details of how the property may be retrieved; and

        (b)     may dispose of the property in any manner the sheriff considers appropriate if the property has not been retrieved within 3 months after the date the notice was given or sent.

    (3)     It is sufficient compliance with subsection (2)(a) if   the sheriff sends the notice by post to the last known address of the person.".